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Following yesterday’s budget, I wanted to share with you some of the announcements which I believe to be of particular interest to the residents of Amber Valley. You can read my speech on the budget yesterday here.

Yesterday the Chancellor delivered his Spring Statement with a positive outlook for the UK. The economy has grown for five consecutive years and continues to do so. Employment has increased by 3 million since 2010, which is the equivalent of 1,000 people finding work every day. The unemployment rate is…

Last week, I called on the Treasury to introduce a reduction in Corporation Tax to ensure the UK can capitalise on the opportunities of leaving the European Union and make sure we are an even more attractive country to invest in.

Ahead of the Prime Minister’s Anti Corruption Summit, due to take place in London tomorrow, along with my fellow APPG on Corruption Co-Chair, the APPG on Responsible Taxation, and leaders from the African, Oceanian, and the Caribbean regions of the Global Organisation of Parliamentarians Against Corruption (GOPAC), I wrote to…

Earlier today, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced his 2016 Budget, where he outlined his spending and fiscal plans to Parliament, introducing great measures for workers, drivers, savers, business owners and the self-employed in Amber Valley, and not to mention further support for infrastructure and investment in the East Midlands…

I recently led a Public Accounts Committee session on tackling tax fraud, where we called on the HMRC Chief Executive, Lin Homer to give evidence on HMRC and their efforts to tackle tax fraud. You can read the full transcript from the session here.

Following the news regarding the £130million tax settlement between Google and HMRC over the weekend, the Government was called to Parliament to make a statement which you can read here. A number of my constituents have raised concerns with me about multi-national company tax avoidance in the past and I…

The Chancellor announced the outcome of his Spending Review to Parliament this afternoon, outlining departmental spending for the year ahead and the Government’s vision for the future of Britain. The Spending Review is the occasion when the Chancellor sets out public spending plans for the Parliament – and in this…